Women’s History Month: Carol Moseley Braun
Have you ever heard of Carol Moseley Braun? She served as a U.S. senator from 1993 to 1999. Braun was the first female African American elected to the U.S. Senate. Here, btw takes a closer look at her life and contributions to American politics and beyond. Early Life Carol Moseley Braun was born in Chicago, […]
2023 State of the Union Address
On Tuesday, February 7, 2023, President Joe Biden delivered this year’s State of the Union address in front of a joint session of Congress. The State of the Union is an annual speech that updates the nation on the economic and legislative achievements of the current administration, as well as the most important current issues. […]
Senator Mitch McConnell Makes History
The 118th Congress opened on January 3, 2023. Democrats and Republicans elect party leaders in the Senate and the House of Representatives at the start of each new session. The beginning of this Congress marked an important history-making event: Senator Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, became the longest-serving Senate party leader in American history. […]
Moving Atlanta’s All-Star Game
This week’s Election Central post gives you some information on the political actions that resulted in sports consequences. On March 25, the Republican-controlled Georgia legislature passed new voting laws that changed procedures for requesting absentee ballots, the use of identification when voting in person, and new boundaries and restrictions on campaigning near voting sites. To […]
Infrastructure: Build Back Better
This week’s Election Central post describes the legislative discussion on how to begin improving the nation’s infrastructure–its highways, roads, bridges, internet system, and more. Addressing the nation’s infrastructure crisis will require a significant investment of federal dollars. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the United States is currently spending only about half […]
Stuff YOU Should Know
Asian Americans Face Unemployment Crisis The worldwide coronavirus pandemic has significantly damaged the global economy. Asian Americans in the United States have experienced significant economic losses. Just one year ago, Asian Americans had the lowest unemployment rate of any racial demographic group. But now, their jobless rate has climbed from 2.8 percent to 10.7 percent, […]
The Reopening Debate
This week’s story update on Election Central looks once more on the tensions surrounding the debate of restarting the nation’s economy during the COVID-19 crisis. It seems like a lifetime ago that we were able to eat at a restaurant, shop at the mall, check out a book from the library, or get a haircut. […]
To Impeach or Not to Impeach
This week’s story update on Election Central examines the possibility of the Democrats going forward with impeachment proceedings against the president. It seems like ever since the day Trump took office, Republicans and Democrats have been arguing about whether or not Trump should be impeached. Following the special investigation headed up by Robert Mueller–which looked […]
The Fight for $15
This week’s story update on the Election Central Web examines the fight in Congress surrounding the federal minimum wage. If you’ve ever had a summer or after-school job, you probably know what it’s like to work for minimum wage. What if you could make more money per hour for the same job? Last Thursday, the […]
Time to Sign Up!
This week’s story update on the Election Central Web site gives you an update on the signup period for federal health care. Does someone in your family need to take advantage of the Affordable Care Act? If someone in your family was faced with a sudden medical problem, do you know how you would pay for […]